Many issues regarding SBSC’s infrastructure, particularly with the canteen and water tank, have come to the foreground as students and their union raise their voices against it. The water tank was cleaned, which stands in contrast to the slow replacement of the canteen vendor.
A video showing the condition of the evening canteen, where there were rats roaming and eating the food, had spread amongst campus recently. As the video circulated, many people demanded that the college replace its vendor. After pressure from students and its union, Krishan Dev Fast Food, vendor of the canteen, stepped down on 31st October.
However, after the vendor stepped down, there was no replacement in sight. In a show cause notice issued by the college, it revealed that the student union was directed to assist the canteen committee but had failed to recommend a suitable vendor. Many criticised this, as students were left without a suitable canteen, and some called it a ‘PR stunt’.
The student union responded to the criticism by explaining that the delay had occurred due to pending admin work and waiting for the evening student union’s input. They had already submitted 3-4 tenders with suggestions. Furthermore, the message stated that the root issue was infrastructure, which is under the college administration; hence, it is unfair to criticise the student union for the infrastructure’s shortcoming.
In a recent post, the student submitted its finalised list of canteen vendors after looking at other colleges’ vendors. They suggested GD Goenka and the canteen vendor of Matasundari/Ramaujan college.
Videos had circulated of monkeys drinking from the water tank and ants inside of it. The union raised this issue with the college administration. The official account of the student union, on November 1st, posted that the cleaning process had taken place and had checked the TDS level of the clean water, which was suitable for drinking.
While issues regarding the infrastructure are raised constantly, many question the lack of urgency in action and why there are constant issues with the college infrastructure in the first place.
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